sn EER Bellefonte, Pa., February 17, 1922, NEWS ABOUT TOWN AND COUNTY. ‘BOARD OF TRADE HELD ANNUAL | MEETING. ' Considered Proposition of Motor Com- pany to Locate in Bellefonte. i {| Two very important questions were ' considered at the annual meeting of ——The Brooks-Doll Post of Amer- ican Legion cleared three hundred : dollars or a little less as the result of ‘their two minstrel performances in ' the opera house last Thursday and | Friday evenings. Their total receipts were something in excess of eight hundred dollars but by the time the ——A little son was born to Mr. the Bellefonte Board of Trade held at , expenses were taken out and the net and Mrs. Merrill Eisenhauer, of east the Y. M. C. A. yesterday morning. proceeds divided between the John B. IF Tary prions roskere dn the High street, on Monday night. fom Mr. and Mrs. Gregg Curtin are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, who was born Wednesday, February 15th, at their home on Linn street. ——The Catholic Daughters of America will hold a dance at the ar- mory Friday evening, February 24th, at nine o’clock. Music by the Acade- my orchestra. Everybody welcome. ——From September 1st, 1921, the date the one cent a gallon gaso- line tax went into effect, to Jaunary 1st, 1922, Centre county dealers paid to the State tax amounting to $6,064.- 52. Half of this amount, or $3,032.- 29, will, under the law, be returned to this county. ——The Woman’s Foreign Mission- ary society of the church of Bellefonte, will hold their annual praise service on Friday after- noon, February 17th, at three o’clock. Mrs. Mary W. Newlin, president of | the Huntingdon Presbyterial society, will speak at this meeting. ——Mrs. Hiram Fetterhoff is ar- ranging for the sale of the greater part of her house furnishings, in an- ticipation of going to Pleasont Gap to make her home with her sister, Mrs. Rachel Noll. Drs. Fetterhoff will leave the Mingle house on Bishop street, which she has occupied for over thirty years, just as soon as it is pos- sible for her to get away. ——James C. Waddle, for many years a conductor on the Bald Eagle Valley railroad but who has been re- tired almost a score of years, cele- brated his eighty-eighth birthday an- niversary at his home in Lock Haven last Saturday. The veteran railroad- er ‘is still in the best of health and his many friends hope he may live to celebrate many more anniversaries. ——7Under the teachers’ salary act of 1919 Centre county’s share of the ap- propriation was $70,870, while under the act of 1921 the apportionment gives this county $136,062, supposed to be fifty per cent. of the minimum salary paid teachers in each school district. The only question that is worrying the directors so far is the slowness of the State in paying over the money. - ——From all indications represen- tative Democrats—men and women— from all over Centre county will at- tend the get-together banquet to be held at the Brockerhoff house, Belle- fonte, next Tuesday evening. In ad- dition to the eats the attractions will include music by the Odd Fellows orchestra, of Bellefonte, and the pres- ence of Mrs. Allen, of Williamsport, as one of the speakers. Thunder and lightning accem- panied Sunday evening’s rain and sleet storm. Neither the thunder nor the lightning were prolonged for any length of time but both were pro- nounced enough to be observed by a number of people in Bellefonte. Old wiseacres would probably aver that such a phenomenon meant a change in weather, and it surely did, because by Monday morning real winter weather prevailed again. If you are a movie fan, and many people are, move right up to the Scenic every evening in the week and see the screen offerings portrayed there. By reading the program pub- lished in this paper you will be able to pick out your favorites. Manager T. Clayton Brown makes it a point to give the best pictures obtainable and nothing that is really good is turned down. An evening at the Scenic means several hours of entertainment and amusement. ——The Seven Stars theatre at Philipsburg was robbed on the night of January 30th and last Friday the police arrested Charles Hemmis, Wil- liam Cartright and William Rupe, all of whom admitted their guilt and were held in $1,000 bail for trial at eourt. Walter J. Rolley, who is sus- pected of having some connection with planning the robbery, was also ar- rested and held in $500 bail for trial. The three first mentioned were unable to secure bail and were brought to jail on Saturday. ———William H. Kibble’s production of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” will be the attraction at the opera house next Monday evening, February 20th. A special school children’s matinee will pe: given at 4 p. m., with admission prices of 17 cents for children and 28 gents for adults. The evening ad- mission will be 55 and 83 cents for the first floor and 28 and 39 cents for the balomy. The Kibble company has ®cen commended by the press wher- ever it has appeared this year and if you want to see Uncle Tom and Little Eva go to the opera house next Mon- day evening. ———The teachers in the public schools of Bellefonte are now taking a course in individual intelligence measurements under the instruction of Prof. Rhotan, who is in charge of the aducational measurement department in. the school of education at State College. He comes to Bellefonte every Thursday evening and gives an tour's instruction. The purpose of the course is to enable the teachers to measure the intelligence of the pupils in their charge and in this way give them the studies they can absorb with- out overloading their mental capacity and’ at the same time advance the pu- pil who is able to make rapid prog- esa. Presbyterian | ' One was the consolidation of the board ‘with the Associated Business Men of | Bellefonte for the purpose of forming ' a better working organization for the . best interests of the town. It is a well known fact that a town the size of Bellefonte is not large enough for | two organizations, the common object of each being identical. It was even suggested as a good idea the combin- | ing of the two organizations and the | employment of a secretary who could | devote his entire time to the work. | To this end a committee was appoint- | ed to lay the matter before the Asso- ciated Business Men and if they are favorable formulate plans for consol- idation. Another question discussed was that of inducing the Champion Motors Corporation, of Philadelphia, to locate in Bellefonte. This company, of which Henry Crothers is president, is seek- ing a location in the central part of i the State for its plant. It is not a manufacturing concern but entirely an assembling plant. It uses the Liberty motor, which is manufactured in Wil- liamsport, and puts out the New Champion Special car which sells for $1095. Members of the Board of Trade have been in communication with the company, and have even in- vestigated their standing, and are very favorably impressed. The old Titan Metal company plant at Miles- burg has been considered as a most suitable place for the location of the company, should Bellefonte succeed in securing it, and Mr. Cothers, has writ- ten that it has ample floor space and from description would appear to be admirably located. While the exact terms on which the plant could be secured have not been made public it is understood that only a nominal request has been made. In pursuance of meeting this request Bellefonte would be given representa- tion in the active management of the company. The entire proposition will be gone into further with the possi- bility of favorable developments in the near future. Officers elected by the Board are Capt. W. Frederick Reynolds Jr., president; Charles R. Beatty, vice president; W. T. Kelly, secretary, and Charles M. McCurdy, treasurer. Charles Baney Skips with “Change” He Got at Bank. fonte, is endeavoring to learn the whereabouts of Charles Baney, of Bellefonte, who left town quite sud- denly last Friday after getting change for a twenty dollar bill given him to get changed by R. Russell Blair. Ba- ney during the winter has washed the windows and done other odd jobs around Blair’s jewelry store. Recent- ly he conceived the idea of buying a horse and embarking in the draying business. Isaac Baney, who lives south of Bellefonte on a farm, agreed to sell him a horse for five dollars but Charlie only had two bucks. Accordingly he went to Russell Blair and requested an advance of three dollars so he could purchase the horse, promising to work for the loan whenever there was anything to do. Mr. Blair did not have the change so gave Baney a twenty dollar bill and told him to go to the bank and get it changed. He went to the Bellefonte Trust company and got the change but did not return to the store. In- stead he paid five dollars over to Isaac Baney for the horse then left town. Naturally when he failed to return to the store Mr. Blair started out to hunt him up, but failed to find any trace of him. But he did find Isaac Baney and when the latter was told of the incident he turned over the five dollars and took his horse back. Fail- ing to locate young Baney a warrant was sworn out for his arrest by Mr. Blair and the same placed in the hands of the sheriff. Baney was seen in Lock Haven on Friday night or Saturday morning headed for Buffalo, N.Y Rr ——Grandmother Elizabeth Bilger, widow of Jonathan Bilger, of Pleasant Gap, celebrated her ninety-first birth- day anniversary last Saturday and her children and various descendants made it an occasion of some note by gathering at her home and giving a party in her honor. Fifty people were present from Pleasant Gap, Belle- fonte, Milesburg, Zion, Philipsburg and Trafford City. Mrs. Bilger is the mother of twelve children, eleven of whom are living and of this num- ber six were present. Four of the children live in the west. During the evening the guests amused themselves in various ways. There were six ta- bles of five hundred and various other diversions. At eleven o’clock all the guests were invited to the dining room where a large table was crowd- ed to capacity with about everything good to eat that the season affords. There were big cakes and little cakes, ice cream, coffee, candies, ete. It was after midnight when the party broke up and the guests departed for their respective homes. Mrs. Bilger, by the way, is still enjoying remarkable health, notwithstanding the fact that she is now past ninety-one years of age. r—————————— fe e————— ——The county auditors are about closing up the audit of the 1921 ac- counts of the receipts and expendi- tures of Centre county. ; Rogers Producing company and the the success of their perfomance this year they will probably make the min- strels an annual affair, but next year they will be under local management. ——Basket ball fans of Bellefonte and vicinity will have a treat in store for them Wednesday evening, Febru- ary 22nd, when the two great rivals, the undefeated State Freshmen and the Academy boys will meet in the ar- mory at 8:30 o’clock. The Freshmen, coached by Glenn Killinger, of foot- ball fame, have won every game to date. Their important victories were over the Kiski team, the Pitt Fresh- men and the University of West Vir- ginia during a recent three days trip. A few weeks ago the Academy lost to them on State’s floor by the close score of 21 to 26. This is the only game the Academy has lost and the “prep” boys are out for revenge next Wednesday evening. It will mean a great deal to the Academy to defeat the Freshmen, as it will place them at the head of the prep school teams of the State. So don’t miss this game, as it should be a thriller. “Biz-Biz” Next Tuesday Night. Rehearsals for “Biz-Biz,” a musical comedy to be given Tuesday, Febru- ary 21st, at the opera house by the Bellefonte High school glee club, are well under way and point toward a decided success. This bids fair to be one of the best plays ever produced by the High school students. The play is being coached by Mrs. Krader, who is supervisor of the musical de- partment. A special matinee at 3:15 will be given for children under four- teen years of age. Admission, 15 and 20 cents. Evening prices, 50 and 75 cents. Report of the Red Cross Nurse for January. The report of the Red Cross nurse, Miss Mary Royer, Bellefonte, for the month of January was: Nursing visits - - - - 21 Visits to schools - - - br 4 Attendance at clinics - - 4 Other visits - - - - 15 Total - - - - 62 Miss Royer assisted Dr. Barlett, medical inspector, in the examination of 726 school children in Spring town- ship and Bellefonte. She was in at- tendance at the court house, January 23rd, for the “clean-up-squad.” Butterfly Hatched in Mid Winter. Last December when the teachers and students at the White Hall school, in Ferguson township, deco- rated the school room for the holiday exercises they took in a branch of evergreen to which was attached a co- coon. When the decorations were re- moved after the holidays the branch with the cocoon on was cut off and kept in the room. One morning last week when the teacher opened the school room she was amazed to see a beautiful butterfly flying about the room. An investigation showed that the cocoon had been hatched out dur- ing the night. The warm temperature of the room was probably responsible for the early hatching. Port Matilda Man Seriously Burned in Gasoline Fire. C. C. Snyder, who conducts a ga- rage at Port Matilda, was seriously burned in a gasoline fire on Tuesday morning. It will be recalled that it was quite cold on Tuesday morning and when Mr. Snyder went to his garage and built a fire he undertook to hurry it along with a little gasoline. The fumes caught fire which commu- nicated to the gasoline can and in the twinkling of an eye Mr. Snyder was enveloped in flames. He ran from the garage and persons nearby ran to his rescue and with old sacks and coats managed to smother the flames but not until Snyder was so badly burned on his hands and por- tions of his body that the skin and particles of flesh peeled off. While it is not believed he is fatally burned he will likely be housed up for some time. Friends Quarterly Meeting. The winter session of the Friends quarterly meeting, composed of repre- sentatives from societies in Bedford, Clearfield and Centre counties, will be held at Unionville on February 18th, 19th and 20th. The program of serv- ices will be as follows: Saturday, 18th, First-day school convention, 2 p. m., followed later in the day by a business meeting of “ministry and counsel.” Sunday, 19th, 10 a. m., devotional meeting. 2 p. m., community confer- ence in which all the congregations of the place and their pastors are invit- ed to take part. Subject for consid- eration, “Present Day Peace Prob- lems.” Monday, 20th, 10 a. m., business meeting. Joel Burton, a minister of Woods- town, N. J., and other speakers will address these meetings. The Sunday meetings must accommodate train schedules, therefore the hours named must be strictly observed. American Legion the latter’s share . was only about $300. Flushed with Doin the rate Tees haar FOR THE NEAR EAST RELIEF. Two Prominent Speakers will Address Meeting in Court House To- morrow Evening. The campaign contributions for the Near East Relief will be opened in Bellefonte tomorrow evening with a public meeting in the court house. persons of Dr. Talcott Williams and Lieut. Frank Connes, will be present tinuing the relief work another year. Both men will also speak in the au- ditorium at State College on Sunday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock. The people of Bellefonte and State College are urged to turn out and hear these gen- tlemen, as both are thoroughly con- versant with the situation in the Near East. The meeting in Bellefonte to- morrow evening will be held at 8 o’clock. Dr. Talcott Williams was born at Abeih, Turkey, and spent the early years of his life in this country. He came to the United States and receiv- ed his education at Amherst College, receiving the degree of Master of Arts. Later he was honored with many degrees by numerous American colleges. Dr. Williams took up jour- nalism as a profession and has been associated with the New York World, New York Sun, San Francisco Chron- icle, Springfield (Mass.) Republiean, and now is professor emeritus of journalism at Columbia University. Dr. Williams has a world wide repu- tation as an author and his knowledge of the Near East has made his latest book, “Turkey,” an authority on this question. Dr. Williams is a member of many prominent organizations, a few of which are American Philosoph- ical Society; American Oriental Soci- ety; American Academy Political and Social Science; Honorary Member Pennsylvania State Bar Association; Alpha Delta Phi and Phi Beta Kappa Fraternities; University, Contempora- ry, National Press and other clubs. It would be more cruel for Ameri- ca to cease her aid to Armenia and other stricken regions of the Near East now, than it would have been to refuse to begin these activities, ac- cording to Lieut. Frank Connes, offi- cial interpreter of the New York Su- preme court, and formerly a member of the Russian commissions of the American Red Cross. Lieut. Connes has just returned to the United States from a three months’ survey of conditions in the Caucasus, Syria and Asia Minor. “The gratitude of the Armenians to the United States is pathetic,” Lieut. Connes said. “I have had officials of the Armenian Republic come up to me and tell me in their own language that it is entirely due to the United States that there is a single one of their people left alive today. “I have seen thousands of orphans in Near East Relief asylums. scatter- ed everywhere throughout those re- gions get down on their knees at night and pray for America and American people.” Lieut. Connes, who speaks seven languages, was for a time in Tiflis, Republic of Georgia, purchasing sup- plies during the world war, when thousands of refugees driven from their homes by the military operations of the Russians against the Turks, poured into the city. “The sufferings of these wretched people were so acute that visions of them are still constantly before me,” he said. Shortly after the armistice Lieut. Connes became official interpreter of the Near East Relief ,returning to this country to speak in behalf of that organization. He went back again to make a further study of conditions, and is now touring the country to arouse increased interest in the Near East Relief. William Whiteman Instantly Killed at Snow Shoe. William Whiteman, an employee at the round house of the Pennsylvania Railroad company, at Snow Shoe, was killed instantly about four o’clock on Monday afternoon when he was caught in the jaws of the steam grap- ple shovel used for coaling engines and crushed to death. Mr. Whiteman was helping to coal engines at the wharf and in some unaccountable way got right between the jaws of the big shovel as they closed on a load of coal. Other workmen heard his cries of distress but could not stop the machinery in time to save him. He was about fifty-six years old and had worked for the railroad company most of his life, for a number of years as a car inspector and later at the round house in Snow Shoe, where he has lived the past thirty-five years or more. He is survived by his wife and the following children: Mrs. Charles Hoover, Mrs. James Quick, Mrs. Roy Chambers, all of Snow Shoe; Milford, Merlin, Fay and Marian, at home. —— pits Business Men’s Banquet Will be a Big One. One of the biggest banquets held at the Bush house in more than thirty years will be that of the Business Men’s association of Bellefonte on Thursday evening of next week, Feb- ruary 23rd. In the neighborhood of one hundred members of the associa- tion and invited guests will be pres- ent. The committee in charge has ar- ranged for a seven course banquet with turkey as the big drawing card. Mr. George E. Foss, general secretary of the State Chamber of Commerce, will be the principal speaker, and his theme will be municipal and communi- ty welfare. A number of other speak- ers will be present and from this dis- tance it looks as if the banquet will be a noteworthy affair. NEWS PURELY PERSONAL. —Mr. and Mrs. Hugh N. Crider left Bellefonte on Sunday for a brief sojourn at Atlantic City. i —Mr. and Mrs. Sim Baum are entertain- ing Mr. Baum’s niece, Miss Marie Monash, of New York city. —Henry McWilliams, of Pennsylvania Furnace, is in Lancaster visiting his sis- ter, Mrs. Alice Buchwalter. —Arthur Dale was among those from Bellefonte who were in Williamsport last week for the convention of the American Legion. —Miss Anna M. Miller, who is now at her home in Salona, was called there two weeks ago by the serious illness of her mother. —Miss Nora Blackburn, of Altoona, was an over Sunday guest of Mr. and Mrs. George F. Reiter at their apartments at the Academy. —Charles Schlow left Bellefonte Wednes- day to spend several days in New York city, selecting some advanced spring goods for the Quality Shop. —Miss Henrietta Quigley returned to Vassar last week, after spending her mid- winter vacition with her parents, Judge and Mrs. H. C. Quigley. —Miss Helen Beezer returned Tuesday from a week-end visit in New York city, where she was a guest of Mrs. Arthur Brown Jr., during her stay. —Mrs. Frank Wieland and daughter, of Linden Hall, were very pleasant callers at the “Watchman” office on Monday while in Bellefonte on a shopping tour. —Richard Haupt Fox, of Lock Haven, is spending two weeks in Bellefonte with his grandmother, Mrs. Henry Haupt, at her home on south Allegheny street. —William 7. Hubler, assessor in Miles township, was in Bellefonte on Tuesday attending to some business matters and was a pleasant caller at the “Watchman” office. —Mrs. Alice Hockenberry, of State Col- lege, spent the week-end in Bellefonte vis- iting with her brother, Gamill Rice, who was then critically ill at his home on Pine street. —Harvey P. Schaeffer, of the Schaeffer Hardware store and Mark W. Williams, of the Bellefonte Hardware company, have been in Philadelphia this week attending a convention of Pennsylvania hardware men. ! —Dr. and Mrs, George Klump, of Wil- liamsport, came up to Bellefonte Tuesday for the Beatty party at the Nittany coun- try club. Dr. Klump returned home at once while Mrs. Klump remained for a visit with Mrs. Charles Mensch. —Ephriam Fetterhoff, of Harrisburg, a brother of the late Hiram Fetterhoff, and his brother-in-law, Mr. Tschopp, of En- haut, Pa., were in Bellefonte Friday of last week for the funeral of Mr. Ketter- hoff, held from his home on Bishop street. —James K., Barnhart, cashier of the First National bank; N. E. Robb, treasur- er, and Charles F. Cook, teller, of the Bellefonte Trust company, represented Bellefonte at the Bankers’ Association of the 6th district, Central Pennsylvania, held in Altoona on Monday. —Mr. and Mrs. Samuel McClure are with Mr. McClure’s parents, Mr, and Mrs. James McClure, called here by Mrs. McClure’s ill- ness, the result of a fall last week. While at first it was thought the injuries were quite serious, Mrs. McClure is now able to walk with the aid of a crutch. ; —Mrs. John Blanchard, Mrs. Augustus Heverly, Miss Florence Lamb, Miss Mar- garet Cook, Miss Rebecca Valentine and Miss Mary McGarvey represented St. John's Episcopal church at the annual meeting of the Woman's Auxiliary of their diocese held in Williamsport last week. —Mrs. Earl Hassel, of East Aurora, N. Y., is spendinig the month of February with relatives in Centre county, being at present a guest at the home of Samuel Thomas on Halfmoon Hill. Mrs. Hassel, who before her marriage was Miss Doro- thy Miller, was formerly from Bellefonte. —John Tuten, youngest son of Mrs. E. C. Tuten, came over from Philipsburg on Wednesday and is with his uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Kirk, out on the farm. Mrs. Tuten has not been well for several weeks and has gone to Lewistown to be under the care of a physician there. —Mrs. T. A. Shoemaker came in from Wilkinsburg Sunday to take charge of Dr. Joseph Brockerhoff’s house for the re- mainder of February, Dr. Brockerhoff hav- ing left Tuesday to join Mr. Pierpoint for their annual trip to one of the popular winter resorts. When leaving it had not been definitely decided as to where they would go. —Mrs. Howard Clark, of FErie, was in Bellefonte for several days the early part of the week, coming here to join her law- yer, who had been looking after some bus- iness relative to her father’s estate. Mrs. Clark spent her girlhood life here and was well known as Miss Lulu Hoy, the only child of Dr. H. K. Hoy, at one time one of Bellefonte’s leading physicians. —Anthony Sherry, of St. Mary's, spent Sunday in Bellefonte with his brother, George W. Sherry and his family, Mr. Sherry was called to Altoona last week by the critical illnes of his sister, Mrs. Deck- er, who died in the hospital there after a week’s illness. After the funeral Mr. Sherry came here for a short visit with his brother before returning to St. Mary's. —Miss Nellie Smith, instructor of nurses at the Columbia hospital, Wilkinsburg, was home for a short visit last week, com- ing in Friday and remaining here until Sunday, with her father, J. Frank Smith and the family. Miss Smith went to Wil- kinsburg late last summer from the Uni- versity hospital in Philadelphia, where she had graduated and where she had been working since her graduation. —Miss Alice Tate, who since returning to Bellefonte a week ago, has been a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Troup, at their home on Thomas street, will take posses- sion of the rooms she has secured in the Stickler building, at once, expecting to re- sume her work the first of March. Miss Tate has been away from Bellefonte since November, the time having been spent with relatives in Babylon, L. I, Altoona, and Unionville. —A “Watchman” office visitor on Mon- day afternoon was Mr. T. R. Hamilton, of Howard street. While it is nothing unusual for residents of Bellefonte to drop in occasionally yet it isn’t every day that an eighty-six year old man comes in who is as spry as Mr. Hamilton. Of course he wasn't eigthy-six on Monday but he is today and just to show you how youth- ful he feels he said he felt like going to the Academy football dance this evening just to mingle with the boys and girls and have a good time. RS —Fred Showers, with the P. R. R. Co. in Altoona, was a week-end guest of his mother, Mrs. Alice Showers, of Spring street. —Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Fauble have been spending the week in New York city, going , over to do some buying for the Fauble clothing store. They are at the Hotel ' Astor. In Society. Mrs. R. S. Brouse entertained Sat- urday night with cards, the first of a series to be given during the late win- ter. At Miss Winifred Gates’ card par- ty Tuesday night given at her home on Spring street, three tables of five hundred were in play. One hundred invitations were issued for the Valentine party given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Beatty Tuesday night, at the Nittany Country club. The house was very elaborately deco- rated for the occasion, dancing, cards and games with favors, being offered for the entertainment of the guests, who were taken down in au- tomobiles. Mrs. John Bullock will be hostess at an evening with cards tonight, at her home on Curtin street. Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Morris en- tertained at their apartments at the Bush house, Tuesday night, in cele- bration of Mr. Morris’ birthday anni- versary. Mrs. John T. McCormick, of State College, gave a dinner on Tuesday (Valentine day) in celebration of the birthday anniversaries of Miss Annie Krebs, Miss Florence Gibboney and Miss Maude Hoy, all of whom were born on Valentine day. It is almost superfluous to add that the three young ladies, as well as all present at the dinner, had a most enjoyable time. Six tables will be in play at the card party to be given by Mrs. L. H. Gettig, tonight, at her home on Bish- op street. Mrs. Albert Rhoads was hostess at an afternoon card party last week, en- tertaining Wednesday, from two until five, at her home on Lamb street. ——The First National Bank of Philipsburg, grown to first rank among the financial institutions of Central Pennsylvania, is circularizing its territory with a view to fostering industrial development. It is a new departure of this institution, but quite in line with the progressive policies it adopted some years ago and has been following diligently ever since greatly to the advantage of the community it serves so splendidly. For the most part people never properly appraise the great asset they have in a good banking institution. They accept it as a matter of course and never seem to realize that if it were not for their well directed judiciously managed banks there would be such a paralysis of local business as would bring stag- nation in every field of endeavor. ——The Rossman—Sunday hunting club, of west Ferguson township, held their annual banquet in the grange hall at Rock Springs on Wednesday night. Every member was present but one and the married members had their wives with them and the single ones lady friends. Of course it was too late in the season to serve venison as the piece de resistance, but the menu included not only the usual sub- stantials served at a feast of that kind but all the delicacies that could be procured at this time of year. The event was also made the occasion of a kitchen shower to Robert Harpster and bride. Music for the affair was furnished by the Fairbrook orchestra. reel eee: A large portrait of Joseph Shortlidge, the sixth president of The Pennsylvania State College, was pre- sented to the College last week by his son, Professor J. Chauncey Short- lidge, head of the Maplewood Insti- tute for young men and boys. At the same time he gave an address on the life work of his father and of Dr. Evan Pugh, the first Penn State pres- ident. ——The annual football dance of the Bellefonte Academy will be held in the armory this (Friday) evening. Dancing from nine until two o’clock. The Mason—Dixon orchestra, of Clarksburg, W. Va., will furnish the music and this is assurance that it will be very fine. Persons who do not care for dancing should attend just to hear the music. © —— ——A burning flue at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H., C. Valentine, last Friday evening, called out the fire de- partment, but the flames were easily extinguished with a hand extinguish- er. mr Big Bargains for Farmers and Others. Reduction in harness, collars, bridles and other goods. In the same busi- ness, in the same room fifty-one years. Examine our harness and get our prices. Our stock is complete and up-to-date. Be sure you don’t pay more for old harness than it will cost to buy new. Bring in your old hames and collars and have them put in shape. 7-2t JAMES SCHOFIBLD. Sale Register. Saturday, February 18.—At the Bowersox oe at Pine Grove Mills, household goods and real estate. I. J. Reed, Auc- tioneer. Wednesday, March 8.—Public sale of the farm ack and implements of Mira Humes, Executrix, orses, cows and other live stock. Farming implements, includin International tractor and lows, binder, etc., with many other ar- cles. L. F. Mayes, Auctioneer. Tuesday, March 18.—At the residence of J. W. Carson, one mile east of Rebersburg, horses, cows and a general line of farm stock and implements. Clean-up sale, Wise & Hubler, Auctioneers. *